Trinidad siege ends with agreement to end hostage crisis
Prime Minister Arthur N. R. Robinson and the Moslem extremists negotiator said they reached a accord to end a four day hostage siege in Port of Spain. The plan calls for Robinson to resign and elections within 90 days with amnesty granted to rebel leader Abu Bakr.
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Port-Of-Spain
Trinidad
Arthur N.R. Robinson
Caribbean
Venezuela
Robinson
Selwyn Richardson
Justice
Richerdean
Abu Bakr
Oil spill estimate doubles after Galveston collision
The U S Coast Guard raised the spill estimate from a weekend collision near Galveston Bay to about 120 000 gallons with total loss pegged at 120 000 gallons as oil from a sunken barge surfaced for days. The Shinoussa, a Greek vessel of 610 feet, carried jet fuel but remained docked at Bolivar Roads pending investigation.
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Galveston
U.S. Coast Guard
Galveston Bay
Coast Guard
Thomas Greene
Houston Ship Channel
Greene
Oeach Channel
Shinoussa
Bolivar Roads
Anchorage
IRA Blamed as Car Bomb Takess Gow in England
Ian Gow Conserv Conservative lawmaker and ally of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was killed when a bomb under his car exploded outside his home in Hankham England Police tied the attack to the IRA Gow chaired the Northern Ireland committee in the House of Commons and had warned he was on an IRA list of 100 targets Thatcher visited the scene noting the shattered car and Gow's past role as parliamentary private secretary from 1979 to 1983.
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Hankham
England
Conservative Party
Irish Republican Army
Ian Gow
Northern Ireland Committee
House of Commons
Scotland Yard
George Churchill-Coleman
IRA
Margaret Thatcher
Gow
London
Churchill- Coleman
Liberian Loyalists Massacre Civilians at Church
Loyalist soldiers of President Samuel Doe stormed a Monrovia church seeking refugees and killed hundreds, including many children and women. U S Embassy reports suggested about 200 killed, while others claimed up to 600. Doe spokesman denies the allegations. witnesses describe women and children fleeing the civil war with babies.
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Monrovia
Liberia
Samuel Doe
Cone
Department
Washington
U.S
Doe
British Broadcasting Corp
London
Steinbrenner loses direct control of the Yankees
New York owner George Steinbrenner is stripped of direct control of the New York Yankees after an 18 year reign. He is forced to resign as principal owner by baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent and must vacate his role by August 20, with a successor to be appointed. Fans at Yankee Stadium hosted a 90 second ovation as the news broke during a game with the Detroit Tigers.
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NEW York
George Steinbrenner
New York Yankees
Yankee Stadium
Detroit Tigers
Steinbrenner
Ay Vincent
Inbrenner
Poe
Utah Prayers Challenged in School District Suit
A civil rights suit filed in Utah seeks to bar prayers at graduation and other school activities, arguing such religious practices violate freedom of religion and separation of church and state. The action, brought by the ACLU on behalf of students and staff, targets Granite and Alpine districts with potential impact on all 40 districts.
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Salt Lake City
U.S
Oees
Orosama
Michele Parish- Pixler
ACLU
Eee
Soames
Granite
Alpine
Michael Patrick O'Brien
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
O'Brien
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Budd Scruggs
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